[Mimedefang] Asymmetric postmaster notify count on two cross-MX'd servers
Kenneth Porter
shiva at sewingwitch.com
Sun Apr 4 17:55:04 EDT 2004
I have two servers on different ISP's that act as backup MX for each other.
As near as I can tell they're identically configured except for domain
name. Each has MD 2.42, ClamAV 0.70, and SpamAssassin 2.63. MD is set to
reject messages with a SA score of 10 or more.
One gets a ton (30 a day, maybe) of "postmaster notify" messages from
rejected bounces (typically "no such user") while the other gets almost
none. Most of the spam is for the host that gets none. What could be
causing the asymmetry? Is it just because so much more ratware that uses
open relays attacks backups that the primary for the spam victims rarely
sees spam from open relays?
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